Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 11. General Utilities

Time-1.9

Introduction to Time

The time utility is a program that measures many of the CPU resources, such as time and memory, that other programs use. The GNU version can format the output in arbitrary ways by using a printf-style format string to include various resource measurements.

Although the shell has a builtin command providing similar functionalities, this utility is required by the LSB.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/time

Installation of Time

Install Time by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: time
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

time

reports various statistics about an executed command